Happy 5th Birthday Teagan

I can't believe my sweet Teagan is FIVE!!! Where did the years go? 

Teagan has always been an easy child. She is much more opinionated now, but still pretty good and go with the flow. She shows love and empathy towards people and animals. She makes friends easily and is a super big sister. God definitely knew what He was doing when He let me be her mom!

snow, snow, snow

It seems like we haven't had a full week of school since before Christmas. I LOVE having my kids with me, but we're going crazy at home. It is such a hassle to get everyone ready for going out in the cold though so I actually prefer being home. 

Here's how we've been passing the days.

 Lots of funny faces and pictures. The kids love to see themselves in the camera.

 Even Brennen tries to copy my faces.

Teagan likes to put on shows for us and get into character with her clothes. This day we had a luau with a hula dancer.

And of course, we watch for more snow. Teagan asks most days if she's ever going back to school...in a very dramatic voice of course. Lol

Emmersyn goes to the gym

Emmersyn started gymnastics last week. She's half money so it's not a surprise to be how well she did. The class is a parent tot class so I'm in there with her. There were 3 girls in the class and they were all timid and hanging on their mom's. Emmy was all over. She was trying to escape my grip so she could take off across the gym. I actually think she'll be a great little gymnast if she can rein in her attention. 

This is before the class. Her leotard was Teagan's first one too!

5k or not

At the end of last year, my group of friends all ran a 5 miler. They all signed up for a 5k and talked me into signing up. The 5k is approaching fast. It's in less than 3 weeks and I'm nowhere close to where I thought I'd be. I'm now thinking of not enrolling after all. The competitive athlete I use to be its telling me I don't want to do it and not finish with the front. My ego is telling me that I don't want people laughing at me for being last. And my heart is thinking that the few people who I told about the 5k are thinking I knew she'd back out. I have no idea what I want to do.

Emmersyn had her 2yr well check at the beginning of the year. They said she's 36in (3ft) and 30lbs (83rd percentile). She just seems so tiny to me.  She is growing as normal,  but is delayed in speech. We're already aware of that and believe it was due to not being able to hear properly for almost 2 years. She does have some permanent hearing loss and we're working with therapists and learning sign language as well.
What I wasn't prepared for was she failed her m-chat which is an autism test for toddlers.  Totally not whati was prepared for. Dr.  Nassim recommended going to Riley hospital in indy to meet witha pediatric developmental therapist.  We will see what the future brings.
After weeks of stressing and literally breaking down everyday, I have decided to just let it fall as it does. It is not in my hands. If this is God's plan, I can't change it and she will still be the same Emmy to me.  I'm,  that's all I can write now.

more stitches

 Few days before Christmas, I was baking in the kitchen and heard a Boom then heard Brennen cry. He had split his eye open again.  We madea mad dash to urgent care andi asked the nurse if he needed stitched.  She informed me he did. We waited TWO ANDA HALF HOURS before finally being addled back. The Dr said there was nothing to stitch, but glued it together.  Seriously?  I could have done that myself, but such is the life with boys I guess.

Happy 2nd birthday Emmersyn!!!